by Jim Searls | Oct 27, 2020
CAUSE WHY? Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of US$797 and a Human Development Index ranking of 169 out of 189 countries in 2019. According to the Human Capital Index, a child born today in Haiti...
by Jim Searls | Oct 27, 2020
CAUSE WHY? Good health and well-being is critical to sustaining economic development and ending generational poverty. One illness can wipe out a family’s fragile economic security. Women, infants and children die at alarming rates during pregnancy, childbirth,...
by Jim Searls | Oct 27, 2020
CAUSE WHY? Healthy families are the building blocks of a vibrant, self-sustaining community. HAPI serves rural, impoverished families who are 80% dependent on agriculture for subsistence living. 95% live in poverty and 40% in EXTREME poverty. Our vision is a...
by Jim Searls | Oct 27, 2020
CAUSE WHY? Education is a proven pathway out of poverty. All persons should have the opportunity to achieve their potential and not be limited by their social condition. HAPI’s community is home to 14,000-15,000 persons. 9,800 are between the ages of 15-40, many...
by Jim Searls | Oct 27, 2020
CAUSE WHY? Waterborne illnesses, such as typhoid, cholera, and chronic diarrhea, are the cause of more than half of the deaths in Haiti every year. Contaminated water is also one of the leading causes of childhood illness and the very high infant death rate in...
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